Welcome Final Cut X

[Krisztian Majdik]

Sounds great but I am very disappointed by the lack of Stereoscopic support. That was really key for me and my work.

[Miodrag Ristic]

Final Cut Pro X or (e)X Final Cut Pro 🙂

[Cory Caplan]

On the Livestream, the demo actually said “Final Cut TEN” I was pretty surprised. That’s some shady Microsoft Word for Windows “SIX” era stuff right there.

[Krisztian Majdik]

I’m torn, I love the software but I won’t fight against a switch to AVID if it makes more sense..

[Russell Lasson]

I think the key to all of this is that it is was a “Sneak Peak” and not a full product announcement. There are a million other questions to be answered. Even though there were things that I wondered If I would use, in general, it looks really cool. There will be quite a few editors who will really hate the change.

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Krisztian Majdik]

Fair enough:) I will def. buy it to see how I like it. 300 bucks is super cheap.

[Matthew Sonnenfeld]

I could not agree more with Miodrag. I have been working on Final Cut since Final Cut Pro 3 back in 2003. It truly has been an investment of substantial time as well as money. I took the time to learn Motion and Soundtrack and Color. If they are integrated in some sort of “Rooms” structure than that’s fine with me, but if I need to start learning new applications that’s a whole other story, not to mention financial investments.

And Mark, I am not complaining about Final Cut costing $299. Simply trying to figure out how a thousand dollar program undergoes a full overhaul from the ground up and comes out 70% less expensive. Raises more questions for me than excitement. That’s all.

But yes, it was a sneak preview and there will be much more to come I’m sure.

Panasonic HPX170 P
2008 Unibody Macbook Pro 15 inch, 2.8 Ghz, 4GB RAM
CalDigit VR
Final Cut Pro Studio 3
Avid Media Composer
The College of WIlliam and Mary

[Terence Curren]

Not tape I/O.

Gee I wonder who predicted that?

Signed,
Mr. “Uninformed”

Terence Curren
http://www.alphadogs.tv
http://www.digitalservicestation.com
Burbank,Ca

[Craig Seeman]

Hmm, nobody has asked the questions I have and they may have even been shown so I’ll ask in case someone who attended can answer.

Prologue so you understand my disposition.
I really like all the new features as described. They sound both fast and user friendly.
I was an Avid editor from 1989 to 2001 before moving to FCP (which really wasn’t an Avid competitor at the time though).

Now the concerns/questions.
I really need to see the source/viewer window video at the same size as the Canvas. I don’t get how I can accurately mark an in and out otherwise. Can someone explain how this is done? I have to believe this must have been shown and you can accurately mark points on a “picon” (at least not at my age).

One thing I’ve never been quite happy with about FCP compared to Avid is trimming. Avid’s Trim Window was/is excellent. FCP’s awkward (IMHO) and timeline trimming required mouse dragging to see in/out video. Keyboard trimming didn’t show that. Does interactive trimming using keyboard show you in/out video frames?

Everything else really does sound excellent. Of course there’s a gazillion questions but Apple didn’t answer them so they’re not worth asking yet.

For me marking in/out on source accurately and trimming are really the lifeblood of fast editing and I can’t fathom how it’s done although it seems to have been explained. BTW there was a mostly audio Ustream live stream as well as a decent live blog and Twitter updates so I have a good non visual picture of what was show and explained.

Can anyone who was there comment on my two questions?

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A personal message for those who fear change. Get over it.
My first edit systems I worked on were CMX 340 and Paltex/Datatron.
The first NLE was CMX 6000 laser disk system.
I used Avid from the very early days.
I thought FCP had major conveniences compared to Avid even before it was a true competitor.
I’d be functional on FCPX within a week.
I love change! Good companies really do think about workflow improvements and Apple ranks amongst them.
I’ve also seen companies make just one or two bonehead workflow assumptions that otherwise hinder a good app. Hence my questions.

[Craig Harris]

[Matthew Sonnenfeld] “I am not complaining about Final Cut costing $299. Simply trying to figure out how a thousand dollar program undergoes a full overhaul from the ground up and comes out 70% less expensive. Raises more questions for me than excitement. That’s all.”

I felt the same way when DaVinci Resolve was released for $995 – however, we now know that the cost cut did not take away anything from the product.

Lightworks is now free and used on more big budget features than any other offline editing suite (King’s Speech – recent film).

Final Cut Pro – X is simply providing a very good product in an industry where tools are becoming cheaper.

Craig
Colorist – Vancouver, BC